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- 11/15/2020
Caring for kids with colds
It often seems like children catch one cold after another all winter long. In fact, they can get as many as eight to 10 colds each year before they turn two years old. - 11/15/2020
Keeping seniors safe in cold and flu season
- 11/15/2020
Physicians’ abuse
- 11/15/2020
Ray of hope for pharmacy grads
While about 1,000 candidates took the November exam, it was cancelled in Toronto, with Ottawa's capacity reduced. Two days before the scheduled OSCE, 80 pharmacy grads in Toronto and 40 in Ottawa were disappointed when they received notice they couldn't take the exam as scheduled. - 11/15/2020
Manitoba physicians frustrated by lack of guidance on urgent triage protocol questions
The report emphasized that physicians still don't know protocols around who will be denied care if hospitals are overwhelmed and don't have procedures in place to deal with a care-home outbreak that merits rapid intervention. - 11/15/2020
CFPC launches family medicine Indigenous health supplement
The document discusses seven key CanMEDS-FM roles: the family medicine expert, communicator, collaborator, leader, health advocate, scholar and professional—defining each in the context of Indigenous tradition. - 11/15/2020
Cough and cold: trends in treatment
- 11/15/2020
New Brunswick Public Health reports adverse events following three flu shots
Provincial authorities say they have advised the Public Health Agency of Canada of the issue and an alert has been posted to ensure other jurisdictions are aware of the situation in New Brunswick. - 11/15/2020
Flu shots help with government PPE in some provinces
Influenza vaccination programs have helped provincial advocacy bodies successfully make their case for government aid for personal protective equipment